From: Florian Weber <csshsh@...>
Date: 2004-07-11T20:57:54+09:00
Subject: Re: ActiveRecord comments

hello!

i might be wrong, but i think this would work:

has_and_belongs_to_many :users, :class_name => "User"

(you might also need to use the join_table option)

ciao!
florian



On Jul 11, 2004, at 6:03 Uhr, Carl Youngblood wrote:

> I'm trying out ActiveRecord for the first time and I have a 
> question/suggestion:
>
> I prefer not to pluralize my table names; it's pretty obvious that
> they are going to hold more than one row, so why bother?  So, in
> ActiveRecord, I chose to turn off the default behavior with:
>
> ActiveRecord::Base.pluralize_table_names = false
>
> However, this makes it so I can't declare my objects' associations in
> an intuitive way.  For example, in the following code:
>
> class Email < ActiveRecord::Base
>         has_and_belongs_to_many :user
> end
>
> I can no longer say has_and_belongs_to_many :users.  I have to say
> has_and_belongs_to_many :user.  When adding multiple associations, I
> also can't say someuser.add_emails.  I have to say someuser.add_email,
> even when I am adding more than one.  Why can't I keep my table names
> singular and yet refer to my associations in plural form?  Since
> ActiveRecord already understands plurals, it should be able to reverse
> the process as well.
>
> Regardless, it is a great tool that I'm sure will be mighty handy.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Carl Youngblood
>
>
>